Archive for September 7th, 2009
Deep Thought.
You know, maybe the President should create Death Panels, and FEMA concentration camps, and maybe we should deny Republicans health coverage and ration their healthcare. Maybe he should indoctrinate their children. Maybe he should take their guns. Maybe he should bring real socialism to this country and nationalize everything. Republicans already think we are doing […]
The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem
Seattle is opening the country’s first in-patient center for the treatment of internet addicition. The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. It opened in July and for $14,000 offers a 45-day program intended to help people wean themselves from pathological computer […]
The Only Reason
Mike Mahaffie nails it. I took the liberty of running it through wordle to see what the top 75 words would be. Apparently, it’s all about “School.” So much for “indoctrination.” There is an argument developing in the comments on Pandora’s post that seeks to change the story about why there was an uproar. But […]
Obama’s Labor Day Speech
President Obama gave a speech in Cincinnati for Labor Day. He gives us a little preview of some of the things he may talk about in his Wednesday speech before Congress. I have to admit that it’s promising. I’ve excerpted part of the speech about health care reform. You can read the whole transcript at […]
How Crazy….
How crazy is the current Republican Party? So crazy that they have now made Newt Freaking Gingrich look sane! Gingrich put up this Twitter post this afternoon, after the White House released the text of the speech: Just read President Obamas speech to students.white House posted it. it is a good speech and will be […]
Afternoon Open Thread
David Neiwert is the author of The Eliminationists — How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, a book I’m currently reading. If you’ve followed any of Neiwert’s work at Orcinus or at Crooks and Liars, you know that his longtime project is reporting on the fringe right and increasingly he has been reporting on how the ideas and speech of these fringe groups gets mainstreamed.
For Crying Out Loud, Read The Speech!
Here is a copy of President Obama’s speech for Tuesday. Scary stuff, I can see what all the outrage is about. Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009 The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And […]
Let’s Just Say What This Is
All the hysteria about Tuesday’s speech isn’t about the content of the speech, or one line from the suggested lesson plan, or the loss of class time. It’s about Obama. The time line is quite telling. News hits that Obama will address school children and the freak-out begins with talk of Obama indoctrinating school children […]
Around the Horn Labor Day
Around the Horn will be back to its regular schedule next week as summer has finally come to a close. I have taken the last two weekends off for vacation. In the meantime, please feel free to post links to local stories in the Delaware blogosphere that deserve more attention. And if you have found […]
Another Deadline Whizzes By
So, does everyone remember back in June when Mike Castle said he would make a decision on his future by August 30? So far, no announcements yet. I think the longer Mike Castle doesn’t make a decision the more likely Castle will be the Senate candidate by default. OK, tea leaf readers, what are your […]
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